I live in Wales 10/11

Fees

• You won’t have to pay any tuition fees before you start your course or while you are studying.
• In 2010/11, if you normally live in Wales, and are a continuing student who started your course from September 2006 onwards and study at a Medical School in Wales you may be entitled to a non income-assessed fee grant of £1,980 which does not have to be repaid. This grant is to fund the difference between the standard non-variable fee of £1,310 and the £3,290 you will be charged for your course. 
• You'll still be liable to pay the first £1,310 of the course fee charged although you can fund this by means of a non income -assessed repayable tuition fee loan. 
• BUT if you are a new student in 2010/11 you will be charged £3,290 for your course for the year but you can take out a non income- assessed tuition fee loan to pay the fees. The fee grant will not be available to you.  
• In your fifth and later years your fees will be paid in full by the NHS Wales Student Awards Unit.
   

Living costs

For the first four years, depending on your personal circumstances, you may be eligible to apply for:

Assembly Learning Grant(new arrangements for 2010/11 starters)

Assembly Learning Grant(2006/07 to 2009/10 starters)

Special Support Grant(new arrangements for 2010/11 starters)

Special Support Grant (2006/07 to 2009/10 starters)

Student Loan for maintenance*
Adult Dependants’ Grant
Parents’ Learning Allowance
Childcare Grant
Travel Costs
Disabled Students’ Allowances

* NB Partial cancellation of  up to £1,500 will be available on maintenance loans only received from Welsh Ministers in 2010/11. The balance of the loan will be reduced once you are earning over £15,000. 

In the fifth and later years of your course, depending on your personal circumstances and when you started your course, you may be eligible to apply to the NHS Wales Students Awards Unit for living cost support (2009/10 information only available as yet in May  2010):

NHS Bursary
Student Loan for maintenance (apply to LA)
Childcare Allowances
Dependants’ Allowance
Disabled Students’ Allowance
Practice Placement Expenses
Parents' Learning Allowance

Many of these grants are similar to those you may have received during the first four years of your course. But there may be additional allowances if you started your course before 1 September 2007. If you look at the NHS Wales Students Awards Unit site (follow the link for NHS Bursaries on the left side of the NLIAH website homepage on the related website link) you will find full information about the basic living cost support available to you if you started your course after 1 September 2007.

What other financial help might I get?

• Welsh Bursary Scheme – similar to the Access Agreement Bursaries in England(see related  link).
• On the Student Finance Wales website there is an online calculator for new students which lets you access government funding and university bursary information on your course, if the University has supplied it.  You can see up to five different universites at a time. The site does not just cover Welsh Universities.
• Financial Contingency Funds(see related link). 
• University Funds – your University may have its own Hardship Funds. Check out the University’s website to see what is available.
• Child tax credit.
• Working tax credit.
• Welfare benefits.

What financial help might I get if I study in England, Northern Ireland or Scotland?

You will be entitled to the same living cost support as if you studied in Wales throughout your course but there are differences in the amount of fees you will pay:

• You will pay fees of £3,290 per year in England and Northern Ireland or £2,895 in Scotland in 2010/11, if you started your course from 2006/07 onwards. 
• You won’t have to pay any tuition fees before you start your course or while you are studying.
• You may apply for a student loan for fees which is non income-assessed for the first four years of your course. 
• In your fifth and later years your fees will be paid in full by the NHS Wales Student Awards Unit.

• Access Agreement Bursaries in England/ similar scheme in NI (see related link)
• Check the Scottish Institutions Bursary Map link to see if your University has any bursaries available. 
• Access to Learning Fund/Financial Contingency Funds/Discretionary Funds(see related link)
• University Funds – your University may have its own Hardship Funds. Check out the University’s website to see what is available.
• Child tax credit.
• Working tax credit.
• Welfare benefits.